中国组织工程研究 ›› 2025, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (14): 2943-2950.doi: 10.12307/2025.604

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基于Cre-loxP重组酶系统构建肺泡Ⅱ型上皮细胞特异性敲除SENP1基因小鼠

杨  坤,章  容,吴  越,雷小平,谌云川,康  兰,董文斌   

  1. 西南医科大学附属医院儿童医学中心新生儿科,四川省出生缺陷临床医学研究中心,四川省泸州市  646000
  • 收稿日期:2024-04-26 接受日期:2024-06-26 出版日期:2025-05-18 发布日期:2024-09-28
  • 通讯作者: 董文斌,博士生导师,教授,主任医师,西南医科大学附属医院儿童医学中心新生儿科,四川省出生缺陷临床医学研究中心,四川省泸州市 646000
  • 作者简介:杨坤,男,1987年生,四川省安岳县人,汉族,主治医师,西南医科大学在读博士,主要从事新生儿疾病的基础与临床研究。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(81571480),项目负责人:董文斌;四川省科技计划重点研发项目(2022YFS0062),项目负责人:董文斌;泸州市科技计划项目(2022-JYJ-122),项目负责人:章容

Construction of a mouse model for alveolar type II epithelial cell-specific knockout of SENP1 gene based on the Cre-loxP recombinase system

Yang Kun, Zhang Rong, Wu Yue, Lei Xiaoping, Shen Yunchuan, Kang Lan, Dong Wenbin   

  1. Department of Neonatology, Children’s Medical Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Birth Defects, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
  • Received:2024-04-26 Accepted:2024-06-26 Online:2025-05-18 Published:2024-09-28
  • Contact: Dong Wenbin, Doctoral supervisor, Professor, Chief physician, Department of Neonatology, Children’s Medical Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Birth Defects, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
  • About author:Yang Kun, MD candidate, Attending physician, Department of Neonatology, Children’s Medical Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Birth Defects, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81571480 (to DWB); Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Program Key Research and Development Project, No. 2022YFS0062 (to DWB); Luzhou Municipal Science and Technology Program, No. 2022-JYJ-122 (to ZR)

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文题释义:
Cre重组酶:从大肠杆菌噬菌体P1中发现的一种DNA重组酶,基因编码区序列全长1 029 bp。Cre重组酶不仅具有催化活性,而且与限制酶相似,能识别特异的loxp位点,介导loxp位点间的基因序列删除或重组。
LoxP序列:来源于噬菌体P1中一段长度为34 bp的DNA序列,由2个13 bp的反向重复序列和1个不对称的8 bp间隔区共同组成。反向重复序列是Cre重组酶的特异识别和结合区域,而间隔区域决定了loxP位点的方向。

背景:前期在体外成功构建了SENP1基因沉默的人肺泡上皮细胞系,在细胞水平上研究了SENP1在高氧性肺损伤中的作用。
目的:基于Cre-loxP重组酶系统构建肺泡Ⅱ型上皮细胞特异性敲除SENP1基因小鼠模型。
方法:将SENP1flox/-小鼠自交得到SENP1flox/flox和SENP1flox/-小鼠;将Sftpc-Cre+/+小鼠与野生型小鼠交配获得更多的Sftpc-Cre+/-小鼠。将Sftpc-Cre+/+或子代Sftpc-Cre+/-小鼠与SENP1flox/-或子代SENP1flox/flox小鼠进行杂交,获得SENP1flox/-Sftpc-Cre+/-双杂合小鼠。将SENP1flox/-Sftpc-Cre+/-小鼠与SENP1flox/flox小鼠杂交,获得SENP1flox/floxSftpc-Cre+/-小鼠。剪鼠尾提取基因组DNA,行PCR扩增,扩增产物经琼脂糖凝胶电泳确定小鼠基因型。取SENP1flox/flox和SENP1flox/floxSftpc-Cre+/-小鼠肺组织行免疫荧光双标实验及Western blot以验证SENP1敲除效果;取SENP1flox/flox和SENP1flox/floxSftpc-Cre+/-小鼠心、肝、肺、肾组织行苏木精-伊红染色以观察两组小鼠各脏器的组织形态。
结果与结论:琼脂糖凝胶电泳正确筛选出SENP1flox/floxSftpc-Cre+/-小鼠。免疫荧光双标实验显示,与SENP1flox/flox小鼠相比, SENP1flox/floxSftpc-Cre+/-小鼠肺组织中SENP1的平均荧光强度降低(P < 0.01),且SENP1和Sftpc未见明显共定位(P < 0.01)。Western blot结果显示,与SENP1flox/flox小鼠相比,SENP1flox/floxSftpc-Cre+/-小鼠肺组织中SENP1蛋白表达降低(P < 0.001)。苏木精-伊红染色结果显示SENP1flox/flox和SENP1flox/floxSftpc-Cre+/-小鼠的心、肝、肺和肾脏组织形态无明显改变。该研究利用Cre-loxP重组酶系统成功构建了肺泡Ⅱ型上皮细胞特异性敲除SENP1基因小鼠,为后续研究SENP1基因在以肺泡Ⅱ型上皮细胞为主要损伤细胞的肺疾病如支气管肺发育不良、特发性肺纤维化中的作用提供了良好的工具。
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6252-2782(杨坤)

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松;组织工程

关键词: SENP1, Cre-loxP重组酶系统, 肺泡Ⅱ型上皮细胞, 条件性基因敲除, 小鼠

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Previously, a SENP1 gene-silenced human alveolar epithelial cell line was successfully constructed in vitro, and the role of SENP1 in hyperoxic lung injury was investigated at the cellular level.
OBJECTIVE: To construct a mouse model of alveolar type II epithelial cell-specific knockout of SENP1 gene based on the Cre-loxP recombinase system.
METHODS: SENP1flox/- mice were self-crossed to obtain SENP1flox/flox and SENP1flox/- mice; Sftpc-Cre+/+ mice were crossed with wild-type mice to obtain more Sftpc-Cre+/- mice. Sftpc-Cre+/+ or offspring Sftpc-Cre+/- mice were crossed with SENP1flox/- or offspring SENP1flox/flox mice to obtain SENP1flox/-Sftpc-Cre+/- double heterozygous mice. SENP1flox/-Sftpc-Cre+/- mice were then crossed with SENP1flox/flox mice to obtain SENP1flox/floxSftpc-Cre+/- mice. The genomic DNA was extracted by tail clipping and amplified by PCR. The amplified product was subjected to agarose gel electrophoresis to determine the mouse genotypes. Lung tissues of SENP1flox/flox and SENP1flox/floxSftpc-Cre+/- mice were subjected to immunofluorescence double-labelling and western blot assay to verify the knockdown effect of SENP1 gene. Heart, liver, lung and kidney tissues of SENP1flox/flox and SENP1flox/floxSftpc-Cre+/- mice were stained with hematoxylin-eosin to observe the histomorphology of each organ in the two groups of mice.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: SENP1flox/floxSftpc-Cre+/- mice were correctly screened by agarose gel electrophoresis. Immunofluorescence double-labeling experiments showed that the mean fluorescence intensity of SENP1 was reduced in lung tissues of SENP1flox/floxSftpc-Cre+/- mice compared with that of SENP1flox/flox mice (P < 0.01) and no significant co-localization of SENP1 and Sftpc was observed (P < 0.01). Western blot results showed that SENP1 protein expression was reduced in lung tissues of SENP1flox/floxSftpc-Cre+/- mice compared with SENP1flox/flox mice (P < 0.001). Hematoxylin-eosin staining showed no significant alterations in the histomorphology of heart, liver, lung and kidney tissues in SENP1flox/flox and SENP1flox/floxSftpc-Cre+/- mice. This study successfully constructed alveolar type II epithelial cell-specific knockout SENP1 gene mice using the Cre-loxP recombinase system, which provides a good tool for the subsequent study of the role of SENP1 gene in lung diseases such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in which alveolar type II epithelial cells are the main damage cells.

Key words: SENP1, Cre-loxP recombinase system, alveolar type II epithelial cells, conditional knockout, mouse

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